diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer.ts
index 3ba0dfff45b1..824ee5817606 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,76 @@ import { Cache } from './cache';
 const LINKER_DECLARATION_PREFIX = 'ɵɵngDeclare';
 const LINKER_DECLARATION_PREFIX_BYTES = Buffer.from(LINKER_DECLARATION_PREFIX, 'utf-8');
 
+const ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_TOKENS = [
+  'ɵ',
+  'InjectionToken',
+  'INJECTOR_KEY',
+  'ctorParameters',
+  'decorators',
+  'propDecorators',
+] as const;
+
+const ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_TOKEN_BYTES = ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_TOKENS.map((token) =>
+  Buffer.from(token, 'utf-8'),
+);
+
+const DECORATOR_TOKENS = ['__decorate', '__esDecorate'] as const;
+const DECORATOR_TOKEN_BYTES = DECORATOR_TOKENS.map((token) => Buffer.from(token, 'utf-8'));
+
+const ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_REGEX = new RegExp(ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_TOKENS.join('|'));
+const ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_WITH_DECORATORS_REGEX = new RegExp(
+  [...ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_TOKENS, ...DECORATOR_TOKENS].join('|'),
+);
+
+/**
+ * Determines whether JavaScript code contains potential candidate constructs for advanced optimizations.
+ * When false, advanced optimizations can be bypassed without worker dispatch or AST parsing.
+ *
+ * @param filename The full path to the file.
+ * @param data The data (string or Buffer) of the file.
+ * @param sideEffects If false, indicates the file is considered side-effect free.
+ * @returns True if the code may contain constructs that advanced optimizations can mutate.
+ */
+function hasAdvancedOptimizationCandidates(
+  filename: string,
+  data: string | Uint8Array,
+  sideEffects?: boolean,
+): boolean {
+  // Side-effect-free @angular/ packages undergo top-level pure function annotations
+  if (sideEffects === false && /[\\/]node_modules[\\/]@angular[\\/]/.test(filename)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (typeof data === 'string') {
+    const regex =
+      sideEffects === false
+        ? ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_WITH_DECORATORS_REGEX
+        : ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_REGEX;
+
+    return regex.test(data);
+  }
+
+  const dataBuffer = Buffer.isBuffer(data)
+    ? data
+    : Buffer.from(data.buffer, data.byteOffset, data.byteLength);
+
+  for (const tokenBytes of ADVANCED_OPTIMIZATION_TOKEN_BYTES) {
+    if (dataBuffer.includes(tokenBytes)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (sideEffects === false) {
+    for (const tokenBytes of DECORATOR_TOKEN_BYTES) {
+      if (dataBuffer.includes(tokenBytes)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Determines whether JavaScript code requires Angular linker processing.
  *
@@ -220,10 +290,13 @@ export class JavaScriptTransformer {
     instrumentForCoverage?: boolean,
   ): Promise<Uint8Array> {
     const shouldLink = !skipLinker && requiresLinking(filename, data);
+    const shouldOptimize =
+      this.#commonOptions.advancedOptimizations &&
+      hasAdvancedOptimizationCandidates(filename, data, sideEffects);
 
     // Perform a quick test to determine if the data needs any transformations.
     // This allows directly returning the data without the worker communication overhead.
-    if (!shouldLink && !this.#commonOptions.advancedOptimizations && !instrumentForCoverage) {
+    if (!shouldLink && !shouldOptimize && !instrumentForCoverage) {
       const keepSourcemap =
         this.#commonOptions.sourcemap &&
         (!!this.#commonOptions.thirdPartySourcemaps || !/[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/.test(filename));
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer_spec.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer_spec.ts
index b1cdeec07b44..3949c9efbbdc 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/javascript-transformer_spec.ts
@@ -38,12 +38,12 @@ describe('JavaScriptTransformer sourcemaps', () => {
     const inputMap = {
       version: 3,
       sources: ['src/app.ts'],
-      sourcesContent: ['const x = new SomeClass();'],
+      sourcesContent: ['export class MyClass { static ɵprov = 42; }'],
       mappings: 'AAAA',
       names: [],
     };
     const base64Map = Buffer.from(JSON.stringify(inputMap)).toString('base64');
-    const input = `var x = new SomeClass();\n//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,${base64Map}`;
+    const input = `export class MyClass { static ɵprov = 42; }\n//# sourceMappingURL=data:application/json;base64,${base64Map}`;
 
     const result = await transformer.transformData('src/app.js', input, true);
     const text = Buffer.from(result).toString('utf-8');
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ describe('JavaScriptTransformer sourcemaps', () => {
       1,
     );
 
-    const input = 'var x = new SomeClass();';
+    const input = 'export class MyClass { static ɵprov = 42; }';
     const result = await transformer.transformData('src/app.js', input, true);
     const text = Buffer.from(result).toString('utf-8');
     const map = extractSourcemap(text);
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ describe('JavaScriptTransformer sourcemaps', () => {
       1,
     );
 
-    const inputBuffer = Buffer.from('var x = new SomeClass();', 'utf-8');
+    const inputBuffer = Buffer.from('export class MyClass { static ɵprov = 42; }', 'utf-8');
     const result = await transformer.transformData('src/app.js', inputBuffer, true);
     const text = Buffer.from(result).toString('utf-8');
     const map = extractSourcemap(text);
@@ -374,4 +374,143 @@ describe('JavaScriptTransformer sourcemaps', () => {
 
     expect(text).not.toContain('i0.ɵɵngDeclareDirective');
   });
+
+  describe('advanced optimizations fast-path pre-filter', () => {
+    it('should bypass worker and return input buffer directly when no candidate tokens are present', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputBuffer = Buffer.from(
+        'function add(a, b) { return a + b; }\nconst result = add(1, 2);',
+        'utf-8',
+      );
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/math.js', inputBuffer, true);
+
+      expect(result).toBe(inputBuffer);
+    });
+
+    it('should bypass worker for standard classes without static properties', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputBuffer = Buffer.from(
+        `export class UserService {
+          constructor(http) { this.http = http; }
+          getUser(id) { return this.http.get('/users/' + id); }
+        }`,
+        'utf-8',
+      );
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/user.service.js', inputBuffer, true);
+
+      expect(result).toBe(inputBuffer);
+    });
+
+    it('should bypass worker for default exports without static properties or Angular metadata', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputBuffer = Buffer.from(
+        `export default class UserService {
+          constructor(http) { this.http = http; }
+          getUser(id) { return this.http.get('/users/' + id); }
+        }`,
+        'utf-8',
+      );
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/user.service.js', inputBuffer, true);
+
+      expect(result).toBe(inputBuffer);
+    });
+
+    it('should bypass worker for classes with static members when no Angular metadata is present', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputBuffer = Buffer.from('export class MyComponent { static prop = 42; }', 'utf-8');
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/component.js', inputBuffer, true);
+
+      expect(result).toBe(inputBuffer);
+    });
+
+    it('should dispatch to worker when Angular tokens are present', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const input = 'export class MyService { static ɵprov = true; }';
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/service.js', input, true);
+      const text = Buffer.from(result).toString('utf-8');
+
+      expect(text).toContain('let MyService = /*#__PURE__*/ (() => {');
+    });
+
+    it('should dispatch to worker when decorator tokens are present and sideEffects is false', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputBuffer = Buffer.from('const MyClass = __decorate([], class {});', 'utf-8');
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/class.js', inputBuffer, true, false);
+
+      expect(result).not.toBe(inputBuffer);
+    });
+
+    it('should bypass worker and return converted buffer when no candidate tokens are present in string input', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputString = 'function multiply(a, b) { return a * b; }';
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/math.js', inputString, true);
+
+      expect(Buffer.from(result).toString('utf-8')).toBe(inputString);
+    });
+
+    it('should dispatch to worker when candidate tokens are present in string input', async () => {
+      transformer = new JavaScriptTransformer(
+        {
+          sourcemap: false,
+          advancedOptimizations: true,
+        },
+        1,
+      );
+
+      const inputString = 'export class MyService { static ɵprov = true; }';
+      const result = await transformer.transformData('src/service.js', inputString, true);
+      const text = Buffer.from(result).toString('utf-8');
+
+      expect(text).toContain('let MyService = /*#__PURE__*/ (() => {');
+    });
+  });
 });